11/11/11 - Black Sabbath

S.D. wrote:

I would prefer this:

Ha! That would be awesome, but I doubt that will ever happen. Then again, once this Ozzy thing runs it's course, you never know.

Just go buy Orchid - Capricorn and you'll hear the best Ozzy-era Sabbath album that Sabbath never recorded. Sabbath should just slap their name on that disc and release it.

I hope the reunion disc is good and I will definitely go see the tour. I missed the original reunion tour so I'll hit this up.

Man, hard to watch.



Ozzy looks smurfing lost.

Eyesore wrote:

Ozzy looks smurfing lost.

there's a shocker.

Ozzy is focused on his microphone too much. Seems like he can't find a good place for it.
Don't care for this reunion. Martin, Hughes or even Gillan (WHOCARES project was nice) would be better.

kmorg wrote:

This reunion announcement made the headline news on national radio here in Norway. They NEVER pay attention to metal bands, so this must be huge!

They paid attention when all those churches were being burned down in the early nineties!

BearOnUnicycle wrote:

Ozzy is focused on his microphone too much. Seems like he can't find a good place for it.
Don't care for this reunion. Martin, Hughes or even Gillan (WHOCARES project was nice) would be better.

i would certainly get a full length Who Cares album. I enjoy the 2 songs but it is waaaay too short...

Ozzy is either looking at lyrics on the stage or a teleprompter, that's why he can't move more than two feet away before moving right back to the mic.

I know he's been bad for a while now, but this was particularly bad. Especially considering Sabbath is planning a world tour! Ozzy can't do two songs, how the hell is he going to do a two-hour set?

Eyesore wrote:

Ozzy can't do two songs, how the hell is he going to do a two-hour set?

The tour will be sponsored by Monster energy drinks, ginseng, and Jolt Cola. That'll wake him up.

Eyesore wrote:

Ozzy is either looking at lyrics on the stage or a teleprompter, that's why he can't move more than two feet away before moving right back to the mic.

I think he had to look at the teleprompter as well. I couldn't even make it through listening to Paranoid. It's too bad, because the performance that Ozzy had with Metallica at the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame anniversary show in 2010 was pretty good.

Oh c'mon... He sounded fantastic on Iron Man.

Must be nice living life with such low standards.

Ozzy has occasional good days... but this wasn't one of them.

Troublezone wrote:

Ozzy has occasional good days... but this wasn't one of them.

And I think those 'good days' are getting fewer and farther apart. He sounded slightly better on 'Iron Man', but he was croaking through 'Paranoid'. And definately using a teleprompter.

Sucks getting old.

Ozzy was using a teleprompter on the 1998 reunion show I saw.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

Ozzy has occasional good days... but this wasn't one of them.

And I think those 'good days' are getting fewer and farther apart. He sounded slightly better on 'Iron Man', but he was croaking through 'Paranoid'. And definately using a teleprompter.

Sucks getting old.

plus all the drugs and drink havent done him any favors...

"Ozzy is going to outlive Miley f*cking Cyrus" - Get Him To The Greek

S.D. wrote:

"Ozzy is going to outlive Miley f*cking Cyrus" - Get Him To The Greek

that may be true but it doesnt mean he can still sing

I could be wrong, but I think Sabbath and his solo band play that tuned lower than Metallica did, so that might be why he sounded good on Iron Man but not the higher pitched Paranoid.

I doubt ozzy is still a good singer

Yeah, in this particular performance, it's quite obvious that he's looking at lyrics taped to the floor - is ol' Ozzy getting a bit senile? When I saw him last year, I didn't notice any of the kind, and he seemed to move all around the stage - It's kind of wierd that he can't even remember the lyrics to one of their most well known songs- Ah well, everyone has good and bad days - He sounded good enough on Iron Man, but yeah Paranoid was really poor.

Ozzy sounded as good as the William Shatner cover of Iron Man...

Mglaffas81 wrote:

Yeah, in this particular performance, it's quite obvious that he's looking at lyrics taped to the floor - is ol' Ozzy getting a bit senile? When I saw him last year, I didn't notice any of the kind, and he seemed to move all around the stage - It's kind of wierd that he can't even remember the lyrics to one of their most well known songs- Ah well, everyone has good and bad days - He sounded good enough on Iron Man, but yeah Paranoid was really poor.

I remember reading somewhere that the problem with Ozzy is that, contrary to popular perception, it's not his past drug and alcohol abuse that has rattled his mind but that he takes a lot of anti-psychotic medications now to keep himself functioning, and unfortunately those types of drugs can have some strong and unpredictable side effects, including memory lapses and loss of energy, especially if the mix isn't quite right.

sheets wrote:

Mglaffas81 wrote:

Yeah, in this particular performance, it's quite obvious that he's looking at lyrics taped to the floor - is ol' Ozzy getting a bit senile? When I saw him last year, I didn't notice any of the kind, and he seemed to move all around the stage - It's kind of wierd that he can't even remember the lyrics to one of their most well known songs- Ah well, everyone has good and bad days - He sounded good enough on Iron Man, but yeah Paranoid was really poor.

I remember reading somewhere that the problem with Ozzy is that, contrary to popular perception, it's not his past drug and alcohol abuse that has rattled his mind but that he takes a lot of anti-psychotic medications now to keep himself functioning, and unfortunately those types of drugs can have some strong and unpredictable side effects, including memory lapses and loss of energy, especially if the mix isn't quite right.

i would imagine drugs/alcohol and anti-psychotic medicine are not complimentary.

Bill Ward may not continue:

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